Motor-driven vehicle.



No. 848,267. v QPATENT'E'D MAR. 26, 1907. I. w. SCHMIDT 65-11. R.SGHWBINLER.

MOTOR DRIVEN VEHICLE. Arrmoux'on FILED 0012 s, 1905.

WITNESS/:18:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IDA W. SCHMIDT,- o'r DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AND HENRY R. SOHWEINLER.

OF BROOKLYN, NEW ORK; SAID SCHWEI-NLER" ASSIGNO'R TO SAID SCHMIDT.

Application filed October 23, 1905. Serial No. 233.919.

Tn (LZZ whom it may concern:

, Be it known that we, IDA W. SCHMIDT and HENRY R. Sonwnrnnnn, citizensof the.

United States, and residents, respectively, of Detroit, in the county ofWayne andState of Michigan, and Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of N ew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Motor-Driven Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relatesto that class of light vehicles-designed-forcarrying loads of one ortwo persons under conditions in which. .the

expenditure of a large amount of power is not re 'uired.

The principal object of the invention is to construct a vehicle of thischaracter in the lightest possible manner consistent with the strengthrequired. Any means may be em- 1 ployed for seating purposes; butour-vehicle has been especially designed for mounting thereon a wickerchair, like thosecommonly used at seaside resorts, and which haveheretofore either been pushed. by hand or propelled by bicyclemechanism. Further objects of the invention will appear below. v i

For the purpose of illustrating our invention we -have.-shown in theaccompanying rectangular body formed by a series of tubes 1, securedtogether at the corners by fittings From the rear fittings a pair of.

2 or the like. tubes 3 extend upwardly at a convenient an.- gle, and attheir. upper ends they are con-' nected with a second pair of tubes 4,which are also placed in an inclined osition and are connected byfittings 5 with t 1e side tubes at a point preferably a little forwardof the cen-- ter of the body of the vehicle. The tubes 3 and 4 aresuitably connected at their upper ends andconstitute struts to $11 porta tube 6, which passes across the body 0 the vehicle.

' This latter tube is desi nedi-to-support the load carried by the ve'cle, and we have Specification of Letters Patent.

MOTOR-DRIVE N VEHICLE.

' Patented March 26, 1907.

shown a seat .7. as being mounted .upon it,

although, as before stated, it is expected thatthe seat will usuallytake the form of a'chair.

Itflwill be observed that a load being applied at the apex of thetriangle'formed by the side tubes and the struts 3 and 4 the strainswill be transmitted to the body of the frame through the inclined partsthereof and will be most efficiently sustained. thereby. The strainswill come at points on the frame which will be amply'able to supportthem,

and'by constructing the supporting part of" the vehicle in this mannerextreme lightness can be secured.

Located on a platform 8, on what we'have called the body" of thevehicle, is a casing 9 for a storage battery or other source of ower.The tubes 3 have been employed or supporting the motive power of thevehicle and for carrying the divided axle or-s haft 10', withwhich thedriving-wheels are con-.

nected. For this, urpose a bracket 11 is mounted on each 0 the tubes 3,thebrackets beingprovided with bearings 12 for- 'the' shaft. Extendingbetween the bearings 11 is a tubular shaft or, frame member 16, throughwhich the aforesaid shaft. 10:.ex-

tends. "Said frame member lo supports a'-' I bracket- 25,-and thisbracket in turn supports a motor 26, whichis' preferably. electric anddriven by energy derived from the apparatus in the casing 9. Motion istransmitted by gearing 21 from said motor 26 to the shaft 10',

by which to drive the.traction-wheels fastened 'on said shaft, as shown..The 0 eration of the motor is controlled by an e ectricalcontroller ofany desired .fo'rm,,(1llustrated in outlineat 22 in the drawings.)

For the purpose of steerin the vehicle we have provided a pair of knuc'les 31, pivoted upon the frame, and each having an arm 32.

These arms are connected by'-links"-3 3, which are ivotally connectedwith the-lever 34, this ever-being mounted on a vertical shaft 3,5,-withwhich an operating-handle 36 is connected. A bracket 37 is provided, forsupporting the vertical shaft 35. r

What we claim; as ourinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a motor-vehicle the combination-of a rigid frame-body, forwardlyinclined rear struts rising from the sa1ne, 'rearwardly-in clinedstrut-s rising from an intermediate portion of the frame-body and havingtheir upper ends joined rigidly to the upper ends ogthe rear struts, ahorizontal connection rigidly joiningthe upper ends of the strutsat eachside of the frame, a seat sustained on said horizontal connection, ahorizontal tubular frame member extending between the rear struts belowtheir upper ends, an axle extending through said tubular frame-member,traction-wheels on the axle, a'motor also sustained on said tubularframe member and. means fordriv ng the axle from said motor. 7

2. In a motor-vehiclethe combination of a fram'ebody extendingessentially horizontally, an inverted-V-shaped frame structure mountedon the rear portion of the body and rising therefrom, a'seat sustainedatthe up' per part of said frame portion, a tubular frame member,carried horizontally by said 1nverted-V-shaped frame structure, an axle.extended through said tubular frame member'and gearing fordriving theaxle from said

